Burt Wendell Fansher was a Reconstruction Party and Progressive party

Progressive Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Florence, Ontario and became a farmer.

Fansher attended Ontario Agricultural College

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He was first elected to Parliament at the Lambton East

Lambton East

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 riding in the 1921 general election

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 when he defeated Conservative

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 incumbent Joseph Emmanuel Armstrong. After serving one term at Lambton East, Armstrong defeated Fansher in the 1925 election

Canadian federal election, 1925

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. In the 1926 election

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, Fansher won back the riding from Armstrong. After another term, Fansher was defeated by John Thomas Sproule

John Thomas Sproule

John Thomas Sproule was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Lambton County, Ontario and became a farmer, a livestock dealer, and a businessman in the oil and cement industry....

 of the Conservatives in the 1930 federal election

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After riding boundary changes, Fansher made one more attempt to return to the House of Commons at the newly-configured Lambton—Kent

Lambton—Kent

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 riding in the 1935 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1935

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. On this occasion, Fansher ran as a Reconstruction Party

Reconstruction Party of Canada

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 candidate but both he and Sproule lost to Hugh MacKenzie

Hugh MacKenzie

Hugh Alexander MacKenzie was a member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Warwick, Ontario and became a farmer....

 of the Liberals

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